Tesco has announced a series of major changes that are set to affect all of its supermarkets across the UK and impact around 2,100 jobs.
The UK's largest supermarket chain has said that it will be closing all hot delis and food counters in every store in a move that will shake up its management roles.
As reported by The Mirror, all hot delis and counters will be closed from February 26 and all employees affected by the move will be offered different roles within the company.
It comes after the majority of Tesco stores began axing food counters back in 2019, with the supermarket continuing to review them on an "ongoing basis."
The Big Four grocer has also confirmed that it will be reducing the number of lead and team managers in its larger stores as part of a management shake-up that will impact around 1,750 workers.
An additional 350 workers are set to be impacted by a series of localised changes in stores such as the closure of eight pharmacies and reduced hours at some in-store post offices.
A number of head office roles will also be removed as a result of Tesco closing its Maintenance National Operating Centre in Milton Keynes.
As part of the new changes, Tesco has also said that it will be introducing around 1,800 new shift leader roles across its stores who will lead day-to-day operations.
The new roles are said to be lower paid, but managers who take on the jobs will have their pay protected for two years.
Jason Tarry, Tesco UK and ROI CEO said: "These are difficult decisions to make, but they are necessary to ensure we remain focused on delivering value for our customers wherever we can, as well as ensuring our store offer reflects what our customers value the most.
"Our priority is to support those colleagues impacted and help find alternative roles within our business from the vacancies and newly created roles we have available."
This is not the first major change that Tesco has made to its stores recently, as it also announced it would be phasing out manned checkouts for self-service tills in August last year.
The supermarket said that the move was down to a "lack of customer demand" for the traditional checkouts, as it reported a success with its larger self-checkout services for larger shops.
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